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Walter van der Cruijsen

@wltrrr.bsky.social
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Artist, web developer, activist, husband. Likes cooking, gardening, dancing and traveling also. Grows peppers and strawberries. wvdc.me

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Walter van der Cruijsen @wltrrr.bsky.social · 3m
Wie had gedacht dat het fascisme in 2026 zo'n comeback zou maken? Media die corrupte fascisten omschrijven als “rechts-radicaal“ helpt enorm. nos.nl/artikel/2633...
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Tweede ronde nodig bij verkiezingen in Brazilië, Bolsonaro aan de leiding
De rechts-radicale Flavio Bolsonaro behaalde iets meer stemmen dan zittend president Lula. Maar omdat Bolsonaro geen absolute meerderheid heeft, is er een tweede ronde nodig.
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Walter van der Cruijsen @wltrrr.bsky.social · 8m
De mannen die verdacht werden van een mogelijke terroristische aanslag zijn allemaal op borgtocht vrijgelaten, dus het valt wel mee met die dreiging. nos.nl/artikel/2633...
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VS haalt bommenwerpers weg uit Engeland vanwege 'dreiging'
Bij de luchtmachtbasis in Fairford werden vorige week vijf mannen aangehouden die mogelijk een terroristische aanslag voorbereidden. Mogelijk heeft Iran ermee te maken.
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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 9h
The New York Times has *four* people bylined on this piece — its chief UK correspondent, national security correspondent, another international correspondent based in London, and a ‘global security’ reporter based in London — and… it’s a soufflé of speculation puffed up through hyperventilating.
An Iranian Threat, 3 Vans and a Phone Call: Behind the Mystery at a U.K. Air Base
A mysterious call last Sunday near a military base used by the U.S. set in motion a huge counterterrorism response and days of uncertainty in Britain.
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Mathijs van de Sande 🟥🔻 @mathijsvandesande.bsky.social · 17h
VVD-staatssecretaris Erkens bepleit een verbod op onverdoofd slachten omdat dit "niet thuishoort in Nederland." Ik ben sinds 22 jaar veganist. Wat mij betreft zouden de meeste mensen beter helemaal geen vlees eten en wordt de bio-industrie afgeschaft. Toch ben ik niet voor zo'n verbod. Waarom niet?🧵
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Walter van der Cruijsen @wltrrr.bsky.social · 13h
Reza Pahlavi heeft sinds 1979 in de VS gewoond dankzij de plunder van zijn vader. Niemand in Iran zit op hem te wachten.
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Anu @nofirstorder.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“Even if you hate Vivek” might be the most bipartisan, relatable thing he’s said all night.
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Walter van der Cruijsen @wltrrr.bsky.social · 20h
Volgens Trump was de VS een land dat werd uitgelachen. “En nu hebben we een land dat nagebootst wordt. Iedereen kijkt naar ons. Europa wil ons kopiëren. Iedereen wil ons kopiëren.” Het (jonge) publiek achter Trump is ingehuurd. Jonge mensen zijn goedkoper. #Epstein
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Walter van der Cruijsen @wltrrr.bsky.social · 22h
Trump belooft dat toekomstige presidenten nooit meer de grenzen zullen openstellen voor illegale immigranten. En "een werkelijk groots zorgsysteem plan”. 9,5 jaar geleden beloofde hij dat ook al. Hij belooft ook geld als hij wint. Toch zijn er idioot veel mensen die deze oplichter blijven geloven.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Post-human necropolitics by the numbers www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
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In MAGA-land people are dying faster than they are being born
Our analysis suggests Trump country is only growing because of migration
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Folks have insulted:  My Southern drawl.  My loc’d hair.  My clothes.  My shoes.  My intelligence.  I’ve been called a ghetto Black b!t€h. Now @JDVance says I don’t belong and should leave the very country my ancestors helped build. This is a lot y’all. It is. #AngieForFlorida
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Anti-Fascism and Far Right @ffrafaction.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
When is the right time to compare US politics to the Nazi era? This expert on Christian nationalism says: now Robert P Jones argues that declining white Christian influence has fuelled an alliance with Trump, and warns it is reshaping US democracy www.theguardian.com/books/2026/o...
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When is the right time to compare US politics to the Nazi era? This expert on Christian nationalism says: now
Robert P Jones argues that declining white Christian influence has fuelled an alliance with Trump, and warns it is reshaping US democracy
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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Very Christian-like conversation by God’s anointed, don’t ya think?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/10/2026
Trump: "We've gonna shove it up their ass ... They are a bunch of dumb son of a bitches" Remember when presidents had dignity? Here's a lowlight supercut from Trump's rally tonight in Ohio:
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Walter van der Cruijsen @wltrrr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ja, lekker 😋
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/10/2026
Here's a funny thing about the right to vote: it wasn't won by voting.
Two suffragists in period dress, ceremonially putting ballots into a ballot box. The background has been replaced with an elaborate collage of 19th C printing-press parts. The ballots are glowing with radiant spikes. The face of the ballot box has been replaced with an Nvidia Vera Lynn GPU.
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Leo Lucassen @leol.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Afgelopen maandag gaf ik mijn afscheidscollege aan de Universiteit Leiden met als rode draad waarom het zo moeilijk is (geworden) om historische kennis te laten doordringen in het publiek debat. Hierbij de pdf: scholarlypublications.universiteitleiden.nl/access/item%...
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Lotfi El Hamidi @lotfielhamidi.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Siegfried Woldhek.
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Walter van der Cruijsen @wltrrr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Om precies te zijn: cayennepeper, ‘Thai orange’ en 'Habanero Lemon', alle drie behoorlijk heet.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 03/10/2026
Trump even lies about the most obviously false shit. It’s a disorder.
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WIRED @wired.com · 03/10/2026
Lost time. Lost jobs. Lost friends. Lost family. Lost lives. Our joint investigation reveals the system that has divided the West Bank and measures what it cost people to move through it.
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How Israeli Checkpoints Choke Palestinian Life in the Occupied West Bank
Lost time. Lost jobs. Lost friends. Lost family. Lost lives. Our joint investigation reveals the system that has divided the West Bank and measures what it cost people to move through it.
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Andrea Gutschi @andrea.kobuk.at · 03/10/2026
Stell dir vor, du könntest als österreichischer Gemüsebauer mit deinen Hoferaufträgen und Wassermelonenversuchen ein gutes Leben haben. Aber dein Hobby ist es, aufs Münchner Oktoberfest zu fahren und dort Deutschen zu erklären, wo sie zuhause sind. Und dann filmt das tatsächlich wer.
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NRC @nrc.nl · 03/10/2026
Een katholieke jongerenbeweging, gelieerd aan de conservatief-katholieke stichting Civitas Christiana, verspreidde in 2026 nepnieuws over de ’Week van de lentekriebels’. Nu gaan de jongeren de straat op tegen abortus.
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Christelijke mannen op kruistocht tegen abortus worden vooral overstemd door tegenprotest
Actiegroep: Een katholieke jongerenbeweging, gelieerd aan de conservatief-katholieke stichting Civitas Christiana, verspreidde in 2026 nepnieuws over de ’Week van de lentekriebels’. Nu gaan de jongeren de straat op tegen abortus.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.
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spooky scary renegade cut @renegadecut.com · 03/10/2026
"we can't make video games without AI" only makes sense if you think video games were invented about three years ago. anyway, here's doom played on an old calculator powered by potatoes
two hands holding a ti 84 calculator next to some potatoes with wires coming out of them
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Datagraver @datagraver.com · 03/10/2026
Deaths in wars/conflicts between Israel & Palestine 1987-2026.
Graph with number of Israeli and Palestinians killed in the conflict between Israel and Palestine, per year from 1987 onward, next to each other.
The number of Palestines killed always outnumber the number of Israeli, except in 1996.
The most significant years are 2001 to 2009, 2014 and now 2023 and 2024 and 2025.
2023 shows 1422 Israeli deaths and 22450 Palestinian deaths.
2024 shows 257 Israeli deaths and 24124 Palestinian deaths.
2025 shows 98 Israeli deaths and 26013 Palestinian deaths.
2026 shows 4 Israeli deaths and 2860 Palestinian deaths.
Total numbers in this graph, 87439 Palestinians killed and 3514 Israeli.
Data source: B'Tselem, OCHA and Wikipedia. Excluding Lebanon (>3500 in 2026) and deaths due to malnutration related to blockades.
Oct-Dec 2023 and years 2024, 2025 and 2026 unverified for Gaza. Only fully identified casualties till Oct 2023 for all territories, and Oct-2023 till Dec-2025 for all territories except Gaza, plus Ocha data West Bank Aug-2024 till June 2026.
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings. w/ @regret.bsky.social
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 03/10/2026
A studio promising “art so epic it will raise the birthrate” gifted a huge bronze Prometheus to Musk’s Starbase.
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Elon's fans erect 50-foot statue outside his company town
A studio promising "art so epic it will raise the birthrate" gifted a huge bronze Prometheus to Musk's Starbase.
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Lisa Westerveld 🌱 @lisawesterveld.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Dit is niet De Speld. www.rtl.nl/nieuws/polit...
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VVD-ministers over onrust onder eigen kiezers: 'Ik begrijp de angst in de achterban'
VVD-kiezers zijn deze week negatiever gaan denken over het minderheidskabinet, blijkt uit onderzoek onder VVD-kiezers van het RTL Nieuwspanel. VVD-bewindspersonen reageren vanochtend bij de inloop van...
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Lotfi El Hamidi @lotfielhamidi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Wie herinnert zich nog de heisa in de Kamer rond het woord ‘flapdrol’, nota bene uitgesproken door voormalig fabrieksarbeider Jan Marijnissen. Moet je nu kijken. Mooie column van @jarlvanderploeg.bsky.social.
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Nutwerk🔻 @nutwerk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
4 oktober Dierendag. Doe dan mee met #eetgeendierendag. www.wakkerdier.nl/verantwoord-eten/eetgeendierendag/
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Hart Cunningham @hart28.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
👺Donald Trump Is Now More Unpopular Than Joe Biden on the Economy: ‘Trump’s approval on the economy has fallen to a new low of just 26%, with only 17% approving of his handling of the cost of living’🇺🇸
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Walter van der Cruijsen @wltrrr.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Poetin valt Oekraïne aan en zegt dat het drie dagen gaat duren. We zijn 1680 dagen verder. Trump valt Iran aan, zegt dat een paar dagen gaat duren. We zijn nu 216 dagen verder. En de NAVO wordt ondertussen uiteengedreven door beide heren. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Pentagon excludes key allies from NATO meeting
Some of Europe’s biggest defense spenders — and U.S. allies — were not invited to a Pentagon-led meeting to discuss the alliance.
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Roelant Siekman🌱⚡️ @roelant.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sinds de ‘vredesdeal’ van Netanyahu en Trump een jaar geleden -de zogenaamde wapenstilstand- zijn 1.439 Palestijnen vermoord en 5.052 gewond geraakt.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I missed this in the Constitution.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Doug Hammond @hammie777.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
As hard as it is to believe, that is the actual position of the so-called law and order party.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Like King Lear or Fyodor Karamazov, Trump is clearly in cognitive decline, but it is not crippling enough to neutralize his energy level or his will to control those around him. He channels his frustration into even more frequent outbursts of destructive chaos.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Just a reminder that the Secretary of Defense is a dangerous idiot
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ScubaSuzyQ💙🦋 @susanmcgraw88.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Time is up for denial of what is happening in America. We are now an authoritarian government run by thugs criminals, and mobsters. This ad is not a PSA. It is a campaign ad. #47 has no intention of leaving the White House ever. #ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You can see the genocide from space. Yet still it is widely denied.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
TRUMP: Did you see the story about my uncle? TIME: The one who taught at MIT? TRUMP: I have the highest of IQs. I have the highest.
Do you trust Sam Altman?

I like him. Do I trust him? Who do I trust? I like Sam Altman. Smart. Dario's smart. They're all smart. We're dealing with a very high level of IQ. Very very high level. That's a good thing. I like that. I like it. Did you see the story about my uncle?

The one who taught at MIT?

I have the highest of IQs. I have the highest. I'm fine, and I understand that stuff. You know, my uncle was at MIT for 41 years, and you know, I'm a—I believe in genetics, frankly, and I understand. I understand it much more than I think any president would, because I do have an ability on this. I have an ability on those things that were the new frontiers. 

What I've done is I've created, for instance, these massive plants have no—We have no electricity in our grid. These massive plants now are allowed to make their own electric—
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Reuters: FAMILY OF RENEE GOOD SUES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OVER FATAL MINNEAPOLIS SHOOTING BY IMMIGRATION AGENT
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW: Meta found a way to turn massive data centers into “pilot models” and cash in on a 1980s tax credit. The result? Meta avoided nearly $4 billion in taxes last year alone. Gift link. 👇 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes (Gift Article)
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
Minnesota Republican House candidate William Beck says frogs are "changing sexes" because of chemicals in the water
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Walter van der Cruijsen @wltrrr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Om het lot van Amerikanen te verbeteren worden de nieuwe VS-paspoorten geleverd in enveloppen met gouddruk.
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Walter van der Cruijsen @wltrrr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Na een leger criminele mannen op leeftijd doet de volgende generatie mafketels een gooi naar de politieke macht. QAnon bestaat volgend jaar 10 jaar.
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